probes::DNS(3)

NAME
probes::DNS - Name Service Probe for SmokePing

SYNOPSIS
 *** Probes ***
 + DNS
 binary = /usr/bin/dig

 *** Targets ***
 probe = DNS
 forks = 10

 + First
 menu = First
 title = First Target
 # ....

 ++ PROBE_CONF
 lookup=www.mozilla.org

DESCRIPTION
Integrates dig as a probe into smokeping. The variable binary must point to your copy of the dig program. If it is not installed on your system yet, you should install bind-utils >= 9.0.0.

The Probe asks the given host n-times for it's name. Where n is the amount given in the Database section of the config File.

Supported probe-specific variables:

binary
    The location of your dig binary.

forks
    The number of concurrent processes to be run. See probes::basefork(3pm) for details.

Supported target-level probe variables:

lookup
    Name of the host to look up in the dns.

AUTHOR
Igor Petrovski <pigor@myrealbox.com> Carl Elkins <carl@celkins.org.uk> Andre Stolze <stolze@uni-muenster.de> Niko Tyni <ntyni@iki.fi> Chris Poetzel<lt>cpoetzel@anl.gov<gt>